LEGAL CAPTIVITY


Copyright © 2017 by Amponsem Akosua


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Disclaimer

This is a work of fiction, Names, Characters, places and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, businesses or events is entirely coincidental.


Description

A home filled with Christ love, laughter, happiness and affection suddenly became sour as a result of Domestic Violence that both the wife and the husband became victims. How did a beautiful family became unlovely? How did they survive? How did they upheld their family again? And so many other questions....


The answers lies in this novel.

CHAPTER 1

The resounding slap that landed on her cheek awakened all sleeping cells in her body. She needed no prophet to tell her Fred is back home. She had sat on the couch to await his arrival that day as usual. Certainly it was past midnight, that as being his favorite time of coming home for the past 3 years. Tears welled up in her face as she stood to welcome her husband. She held her hurting cheek with a hand and wiped tears with the other. Fred brushed her off and went into the bedroom, Amanda couldn't control the tears from rolling down her face. He came back downstairs to get a cup of chilled water from the dispenser only to meet his wife crying like a child that whose mother had tricked to stay home alone, Fred hissed and went past her back upstairs.

She felt like facing up to him, that wasn't the first, second or the third time such was happening but she had learned to live with it. Each confrontation always aggravates the issue but she plucked up the courage to face him that night.

"Fred!" She called out to him angrily, Fred who was already on the stairs halted his movement but continued afterwards.

"Fred I'm talking to you" her voice was becoming shaky with tears, she ran to the stairs to hold his arm forcefully. He looked back at her and anger was boldly written on his face. Her strength was nothing compared to his so it was easy to pull free from her. He gave her a kick in the stomach and continued his journey upstairs to sleep. The pain was unbearable for her so collapsed right there in the sitting room.

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SurestG:
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Thanks for the mention

Interesting,SurestG Nice start and Nice story too

****

"good morning oga" Mariam the house maid met Fred by his car "we don rush madam go hospital this morning"

Fred gave her a scornful and "get-out-of-my-sight" look so she hurried off his sight as he angrily drove out of the house.

"Mariam! You don cook finish, make we go give madam Breakfast" Ade, Amanda's personal driver said to the maid who was on her way to the building

"ah dey come joor" she shouted without looking back.


****

The remorseful look that clouded Fred's face that morning remained till afternoon, lots of things at the office provoked him. His secretary had entered his office that day and on each occasions he was lost in thoughts, even at lunch time he refused to step out for Lunch. He could not discard the thoughts of what had tresspassed between him and his wife off his mind. He felt checking up on her at the hospital would be better but would she want to see him, would she not alarm people that he is a woman-beater, several questions trooped in and out of his mind as he rotated around a spot on his swivel office chair.


****

"Mariam!" Amanda called out to her maid who had dozed off on the chair beside her bed.

"Mariam!!!" she called softly to her. Mariam swiftly stood to her feet "Madam you don wake?" she said folding her arms to her chest.

"who brought me here? What am I doing here? Where is Fred? Can I make use of my cell phone?"

"Madam na me and Ade carry you come here e be like say you faint for parlour"

The incident of the night before flashed through her memory, that wasn't the first time he had beaten and wounded her that way, infact that was the least of her ordeal in Fred's hands.

They had been married for 12years and the first 9years of their marriage had been heaven on earth, They were such a cute couple and a envy of every singles and married couples. But after their 9th year anniversary things changed for the worse, their family became sour. She had asked for divorce many a times which as yielded nothing but punches.

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Will read up later

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Wetin happen? Why Fred dey treat his wife like animal?

But is this Fred okay? SurestG is muaah, lemme invite my sis
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Kyliespicer, my sis kimk's bestie and my sis too, I'm inviting you specially to this one

queenitee:
But is this Fred okay? SurestG is muaah, lemme invite my sis
Kimkardashian, kimberlywest, Evajael, mhizgap, ota o
Ladysuperb, crislyn oya o


Kyliespicer, my sis kimk's bestie and my sis too, I'm inviting you specially to this one

I don land!

Thanks sis.

queenitee:
But is this Fred okay? SurestG is muaah, lemme invite my sis
Kimkardashian, kimberlywest, Evajael, mhizgap, ota o
Ladysuperb, crislyn oya o


Kyliespicer, my sis kimk's bestie and my sis too, I'm inviting you specially to this one

Thank u my darling.

SurestG:
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Am here love. Thanks

crislyn still dey this town?

EvaJael:
crislyn still dey this town?

She kuku dey

EvaJael:
crislyn still dey this town?

My dear i dey o..i just dey observe from a corner.

EvaJael:

Am here love. Thanks

Thanks for coming sis, I promise not to let you down

crislyn:
Thank u my darling.

thanks for honoring the invite

SurestG:
Thanks for coming sis, I promise not to let you down

I trust you to the moon and back

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This story look promising.. Ayam following it to the end. BTW thanks for the mention

SurestG:
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Jane1234f
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present

Present dear,i dey here,wat of our previous one.

following

"Madam!" the maid called her as she saw unshed tears filled her eyes. She was indeed absent minded, she called her again but with a tap on her hand. Mariam could sense her madam was far away in thoughts

"Madam why you dey cry na, Doctor don talk say make you reduce wahala and you don dey cry since the time wey you don wake"

"Get me my phone" she ordered

"I no bring your phone come hospital o, the condition wey you dey pass phone matter"

Amanda looked at her in disgust, her maid had no favourable answers to every questions she has been asking her.


*****

He couldn't take it any longer, he pulled his suit jacket from the spiral hanger that was placed at a corner in his office, picked his brief case, phone and car keys with the determination of going straight to the hospital since he could not concentrate in the office. His telecom beeped as he was about stepping out, he went back to respond and ended the call.
It was Joyce his secretary informing him of a meeting scheduled for 4pm which he was suppose to attend. He knew he was going to be absent to he instructed her to cancel or appointment and meeting for the rest of that day without giving any room for "but sir" he ended the call. He drove straight to the hospital.

"Doc. How is my wife" with a huge concern in voice he asked the doctor.

"Mr. Fred what the hell happened to her, I've asked her several times today and the answers have not been favorable.

He was inwardly happy that his wife still haven't revealed to "outsiders" that he is a wife beater.
"can I see her now"

"Yes you can, she is in the USUAL ward" the usual in his speech was emphasized on with a kind of look that sent shivers through his spine but he gave no attention to whatsoever his expression said.

EvaJael:

I trust you to the moon and back

wow thanks sis

Hadampson:
This story look promising.. Ayam following it to the end. BTW thanks for the mention

My greatest pleasure sir, invite your peeps to join o

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Present dear,i dey here,wat of our previous one.

I'm on both, I just updated it

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Cc: LilySopi

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i don show, were is my seat?

Fmartin:
i don show, were is my seat?

na high table o brother mi

SurestG:
na high table o brother mi

lol. thanks for d mention.. make i hala my secretary iemfava

Mr wife beater, karma is around the corner